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[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Got my cable finally hooked it up and all is really good other than my nicer Bluetooth mouse won't work but my cheap spare works well

One thing I don't like ATM is I can't use my 32gb otg drive while I'm using Debian

Also is it against XDA policy to post off topic during a conversation

For those who did read my post my drone is fine other than needing new firmware flashed via telnet which BTW Maru did flawlessly

It only took two attempts to get telnet working
[Nexus 5 General] thagringo:
well, i havent seen MaruOS in action yet and therefore i have lots of questions / suggestions :)

- does this work in a chroot or is it a compressed disk image ?

- i suppose this is basically running vnc to get an output on the display ? Or does it use Xserver ?

- why a full rom and not just an app that you install ?

- will it be possible to use whatever linux you wish ? I mean, i have nothing against debian or ubuntu or sth. else but lets imagine i build my own gentoo and want to use that instead.

- how well is hardware supported ? I mean, its obvious to me that there is no hardware accelerated video output but how about activating for example gps or bluetooth from linux ?

... and many more actually but i dont want to flood this thread because lots of my questions will probably be answered once we have the sources available.

TIA !
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
First off I believe its chroot/ lxc

I never tried toggling my WiFi/Bluetooth as I use Bluetooth mouse and was installing apps and crap

Its surprisingly smooth

I have no idea how to but yes in theory you could replace Debian with whatever distro you want.

In the system partition there is a folder called Maru that contains a zip with the desktop side inside
[Nexus 5 General] Hammerhead2502:
I understand. It's pretty interesting and it raises a lot of questions. But the thing is none of us can answer your questions better than the dev himself. He's a kind gentleman. You can contact him easily. :)
[Nexus 5 General] DJxSpeedy:
aah ok i understand [emoji6] thx for the answer....
[Nexus 5 General] maxnik1:
I didn't see a video shared, so here is one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_eiNFRLJMQ

It is in deutsch/german language.
[Nexus 5 General] morfances:
I also would like to try it in MultiROM but what I have to flash zip? I downloaded the package for windows but how do I get the rom? At the moment I do not have cable hdmi usd.
[Nexus 5 General] Mr.FREE_Bird:
The install package doesn't come with zips... if you extract the package you see that it flashes images like you do with the google factory images. You can try to backup and wipe your phone, install Maru and then MultiRom to move the Maru Rom to your internal storage. I don't know if it works, I have to try it out to.
[Nexus 5 General] morfances:
Its true? [MENTION=571027]sev7n[/MENTION]

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] thagringo:
[MENTION=2746745]silent_bob52637[/MENTION] & [MENTION=6220863]Hammerhead2502[/MENTION] : thanks for your feedback !

how long does it usually take to recieve the download link ? Im wondering because i think i have subscribed a month ago and no download link yet.

does anyone know if the sources have been published ?

Thanks !
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Mine took ten days but I signed up before the beta went live

I know he is sending them out in batches and the last email update mentioned he was still sending out batches and working on publishing the source code

BTW is anyone having trouble with volte

I can't make calls without WiFi anymore

Also my mvno requires me to use their own messaging app and while on Maru my emoji don't show properly some show up like I'm using a 3310 or something
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Just got this from preetam

I'm still sending out beta invites! I just sent out Feb 14 invites today and Feb 15 will be going out in a day or two. I'm pretty busy the rest of the month with other things so there won't be much updates until April, when I plan to focus on publishing the source and setting up a community wiki.

I just send Hammerhead2502 an email about updates on Maru for this month but I'll quickly give you a summary too: I have an experimental update zip for Maru now that can be flashed through TWRP like with normal ROMs. I'm testing this with a few of my beta testers right now. This should make it a lot easier to install Maru for the XDA community. Plus, this enables you to use Maru as a secondary in MultiROM! Other than that, v0.2.1 and v0.2.2 (fixes a system time sync issue on reboots) are looking more and more stable.

So yes he is still sending out links and there is an update coming hopefully soon and we might be able to share the link and maybe we can get a proper thread over in development to post the links and screenshots and things
[Nexus 5 General] Woze:
Found a video in English.

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/iF7yK7HAyVM[/YOUTUBE]
[Nexus 5 General] armyofpunk:
Hey guys I'm currently waiting for my email with link for download! I'm wondering about space, with the n5 having no external sdcard , is there anyway to expand storage?
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
I use a combo of a 256gb WiFi drive and a 128gb micro USB otg drive

I use root to mount my WiFi drive as a folder inside the sdcard but it doesn't really expand my storage just means that my apps can see the mounted folder and the contents of my WiFi drive

My settings panel still reports 26.something GB
[Nexus 5 General] armyofpunk:
Can you use the WiFi storage for the Debian side when connected to a monitor?
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
I haven't tried yet I only booted the Debian side a couple times install software and other things but I think you can mount the internal storage in Debian so if the WiFi drive is mounted as a folder on internal storage then it should just show as a folder in Debian as well
[Nexus 5 General] armyofpunk:
How does it run with programs, it would be amazing to be able to develop on the go with your phone (I know its a little early for that ) but I'm excited for this
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Debian runs as well as it does on my Toshiba l300 not fast enough to compile android but some app building possibly

You would need an ide made for an arm based CPU

I'm not sure the emulator would run tho
[Nexus 5 General] wangdaning:
Dev is giving it out in batches. I asked him about mine and he was kind enough to reply. I got mine, Feb 20th application, and got it the other day. Posting any of the work is an indifference to the devs plan. My mate is having his stag party tomorrow night so I am not up for experimenting with my connectivity (live in a foreign country and could end up who knows where without any communications).

I will be testing this as an alternative to laptops/computers in Chinese classrooms and I will see where that goes. 100 percent gratitude to the op for sharing, and I will get back to him via email and will join the group when I have time (google is blocked where I live, but we find a way).
[Nexus 5 General] TechX1991:
for those asking for a download link... just google the name of the download file and you'll find it

the name of the file is

maru-v0.2.1-hammerhead-windows-cdfdc111

i found it in 5 minutes. This version IS outdated though compared to current beta, so the Zip file you download is use at your own risk.
[Nexus 5 General] philipped346:
Maru is in version beta 0.2.2 and a zip flashable compatible multirom come soon ;)
[Nexus 5 General] TechX1991:
yeah I know, i signed up for the beta and lied about having a nexus XD i just wanted the files to mess with
[Nexus 5 General] Hammerhead2502:
Not a good thing to do. It's someone's hard work and you're just lying and telling it. He never said he won't share it or not release it open source, all he asked for is little patience and support. But.. Anyways make good use of your copy.
[Nexus 5 General] TechX1991:
I understand its his hard work. It's not like I'm running around selling it or something. I was planning on getting a nexus either way, I was just ahead of it.

if you're worried about lying to simply get a download link, I wonder how you deal with daily life period.
[Nexus 5 General] wangdaning:
I know people said multirom zip coming soon, but I have been messing around to get it to work. Something in the rom is not letting it work right when it is in multirom. I mean, it has the system and the boot from the dl, but it wont recognize it is plugged in to an hdmi device, unless I turn on screen cast :) But the desktop mode starts as on, then says please connect to hdmi device to turn on. I will wipe everything and start again this weekend. It was about to work I could have sworn.

What I did

1) move my primary to secondary

2) run the installer

3) swap primary and secondary (made sure secondary had the boot img from the Maru installer)

Everything is where it should be, but it is not working. I will let my phone recover from constant reboots and see what it does in the morning. If it doesn't work, I will wipe everything, make sure it works, then try again. Kept seeing errors in TWRP about selinux, but I usually see these kind of things.
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Have you tried starting Maru as the primary as I had no problems other than my sound doesn't work

While running the desktop and a random black screen followed by a redraw of the desktop when I open a program
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
Hello! Is root needed on Maru? I mean will desktop work without it?
[Nexus 5 General] michael_korotaev:
No, its not necessary. My nexus5 is not rooted :)

BTW, for some reason my slimport adapter doesn't work with some HDMI Monitors :-/
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Just thought I would pop back up and say I flashed back to stock completely then flashed Maru and then rooted and installed multirom all seems to work fine but I haven't tried moving Maru at all
[Nexus 5 General] tcmbrito:
Hi,

I would like to know if is possible change this rom to another phone like S3 for exemple... by making changes in the kernel... Sorry if the question was stupid, i´m just starting to study android/linux liguage and rom changes
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
S3 isn't too powerfull... I think you have to wait. Developer is going to make his project open source.
[Nexus 5 General] tcmbrito:
ROM to another phone

I understand... I imagine that the phone should have at least 2GB RAM to run Maru OS.

But to make a ROM run in another phone I have to change the kernel right?

Only the kernel?!?!

Im asking becouse I´m reading a lot so i can learn to do this... changing ROMS

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] matgras:
You're not at the right place to have discussions about rom building, there are plenty of recources for that on XDA. ROm porting is more difficult than just swapping out a kernel, and even harder in this case since it has some very advanced features.

You might want to start out by taking a CM or stock rom for your device and make and package a rom based off which the features etc you would want in a rom, just start with an easy project and then learn/progress from there.
[Nexus 5 General] jasperjodler:
Hey guys !

i've recently flashed Maru OS and I've to say that it's super astonishing !

By this time I've installed some programs like Gimp, Geany and others and I quite like how it's working.

Still there is one question that I couldn't figure out yet :

How do I play audio while being in Desktop mode (xfce) ?

I am using VLC for Linux, which returned me an error for my audio signal.

Anyone tried this yet ?

Greets, JJ
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
I have not been able to get audio working for the desktop side via the monitor I used a vnc after I set it all up and had audio for a couple of seconds then my viewer threw a fit and crashed citing audio feed something something some other crap that disappeared almost immediately

Haven't tried since last update waiting for the next release hoping it fixes audio
[Nexus 5 General] wangdaning:
Ran into the same problem and passed it on to the dev.
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Just got this from preetam

Hey guys!

Just a few quick updates on Maru in April.

First, Maru is now easier to install than ever.

As I mentioned in an earlier update, I've been working with my beta testers to make Maru as easy to install as possible. Beta invites now officially offer two options for installing Maru on your device:

1. Easy installers for Linux / Mac / Windows 2. A standard update zip for flashing with a custom recovery (compatible with MultiROM as a secondary)

Second, beta invites have been sent to everyone who signed up with a Nexus 5 before ("<") March 18 UTC.

If you signed up before March 18 with a Nexus 5 and have still not received an invite (please check that your sign-up date is indeed before March 18 and that the invite has not been sent to your spam folder) reply to this email and I'll make sure you get one. If you missed an invite and your links have expired, no problem, just reply to the invite email and I'll get you a fresh set.

I'll keep sending invites out for a few weeks more, so there are still plenty of opportunities to try out the beta early!

Don't forget to share your thoughts and feedback with the Twitter hashtag #MaruOS!

Make sure to check out the latest blog post for the full update.

As always, thank you for your support.

Preetam (aka "Team Maru")

P.S. I am stunned by the number of people who have bought a Nexus 5 just to try out the beta--you guys rock.
[Nexus 5 General] wangdaning:
Preetam is an awesome person. I am glad he has been so patient and helpful. Just need to get the audio working for the desktop mode. After that we are golden. It is a truly bright idea and I will continue to say Preetam is a friendly and available, nice, person.
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
Definitely I've been In contact the whole time discussing a few bug with my mvno SIM and their idiotic 3rd party messaging app he has been nothing but helpful. response times have been amazing
[Nexus 5 General] poVoq:
Any news on open sourcing it?

Seems like the container will work similar to the recently announced KDE Plasma Mobile rebase to CM12.1?

Cool would be to use the "KDE connect" android software to get the Android to interlink with the Debian (easiest with KDE, but other DE are somewhat supported as well), for notifications etc. and to use the phone screen as a touchpad and a keyboard.

Cool would be also if the recently showcased (but now probably abandoned) "Intel big screen experience" could somehow be replicated with MaruOS.

I would post links... but I am not allowed :(
[Nexus 5 General] daun20:
In my opinion some sort of "wireless convergence/desktop mode" would be a really nice feature!

Does desktop mode in maru only work with slimport right now?
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
Hmm what is the current version of this ROM?
[Nexus 5 General] jasperjodler:
As far as I know it's v0.2.3.

Atleast the Changelog says so :)
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
Hmm I'm on v0.2.2 I guess I have missed the latest update.

Where we get the new updates since there is no ota updater?

---------- Post added at 04:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 PM ----------

Oh well I found an important information about Maru. This message is from Preetam

"Hey guys, just wanted to give everyone a heads-up that the Nexus 5 beta program will be ending this weekend! Yup, I'm satisfied that we are now at a stable version for anyone to try out!

From next week onwards, Maru OS will be open for anyone to download, and this forum will be open for anyone to join. That means we'll be seeing a lot of new folks on the threads here. I hope you can all chip in and help them get up and running with Maru as I am sure you are all experts now :)

After the public release announcement, I'll be posting the downloads for the latest release (v0.2.3) in a single, public location so everyone can access it at any time and not have to worry about those annoying expiring links I've been sending in the invites (those were a PITA for me too). I know some of you are using v0.2.2 or older, and I apologize for not getting the updates out to everyone sooner. I'll send this out in my usual newsletter/blog update, and I'll also post it here too.

Looking forward now that the beta program is at an end, I hope to get the open-source project off the ground so we can get fixes to the issues you've found, start thinking about the new features you've all requested, and get Maru ported to a lot more devices.?*

Regardless of where Maru goes from here, you all have played an essential role in getting to this point. I want to say a bigTHANK YOU?*to everyone who has joined over the past few months. Thank you for taking the time to be a part of the beta program, trying all sorts of wacky things on Maru, bringing up feature requests, finding bugs, asking questions, and most importantly of all, your enthusiasm!

Preetam"
[Nexus 5 General] jasperjodler:
New Mail from Preetam/Maru :

So everyone can access now ! Have fun guys.

Imo, Maru OS is amazing. As well as Preetam, who is a great developer and friendly person.
[Nexus 5 General] pedrooz:
Am I good to run this on a Nexus 5x?

Just wanted to make sure I'm not going to break anything if I try this out on a 5x. All the discussions I can find so far mention a 5 and I'm not sure if a 5x is the same thing or not.

Thanks.

Peter.
[Nexus 5 General] Mr.FREE_Bird:
The Nexus 5 and the Nexus 5X are different phones! DO NOT flash this on your 5X. I May damage/brick your phone and you may be unable to recover it.

Maru OS is for the Nexus 5 only, for now.
[Nexus 5 General] pedrooz:
Thankyou.. Glad I checked.
[Nexus 5 General] prabuddhadg:
I have a completely newbie question here. Suppose I flash this Maru OS rom on my nexus 5, and then install the Google Playstore and get all my apps back on the phone. So, now when I use the phone is desktop mode, will those apps continue to be available? For instance, I use WPS Office on my phone. Can I access this app in desktop mode and run the spreadsheets on the TV screen? Or can I use my banking apps on my TV screen?

Thanks in advance for replies.
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
You can't run Android apps on desktop because it is running Linux Depian not just mirroring the screen. And I think at least you can make calls and send messages at the same time.
[Nexus 5 General] prabuddhadg:
I see. Thanks for the reply. So, that means one needs to install Debian versions of the programs one wants to use in desktop mode.
[Nexus 5 General] Zzrman:
Hi everybody, i installed this twice in multirom and i'd had the same issue..... Black screen on the tv.....can someone help ? Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
Try another slimport cable.
[Nexus 5 General] Zzrman:
Ok I'll do this...maybe that's the problem....I use this one https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B014WFWSA8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
You should check out the official cable. I read from Google group about black screen issue. Some slimport links are unstable so they won't work.

https://github.com/maruos/maruos/wiki/FAQ

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/maru-os/3DXtyQnbigg
[Nexus 5 General] Zzrman:
Everything is ok now ..i just received the slim port and it works fine, just waiting for mouse and keyboard.

Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Pajaro_Azul:
HI everyone! I recently installed Maru, and it's awesome. Just a small doubt: "is it okay to flash a custom recovery after? what about root? any gapps recomended?
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
I use twrp without any issues. Root is okay but you don't need it. Use for ex. Open Gapps
[Nexus 5 General] Zzrman:
HI everyone, finally everything is ok for me, just received keyboard and mouse and everything work, ok now i the default language of the system "Xfce 4.10" is english and my keyboard is in QWERTY mode, i would like tos set french language by default and AZERTY mode as well.

Can somebody tell me what's the password of the system i can't do anything without this?

Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] t2bacdp:
Root password : maruos (/!\ qwerty config /!\)
[Nexus 5 General] Zzrman:
Merci

I'll try later

..
[Nexus 5 General] goldenone95:
Maru OS for Note 3

Ist it possible, to port this rom to Note 3 (N9005)?

Thanks :)
[Nexus 5 General] Syaani:
Yes, once Maru is fully open sourced.
[Nexus 5 General] UnixOutlaw:
Maru

Awesome!

I'm running it on my Nexus 5 - just got my Slimport cables this morning - NICE! I've been toying with the idea of having some sort of portable Linux device I can use at work - I'm stuck with a Microsoft Surface Pro (3) - I HATE it... I hate Windows 10... I hate Windows...

I've also got a Note 3 (SM9006) - but I went back to using the Nexus 5 because the SM-9006 LTE / cell phone stuff doesn't seem to work properly in Australia (I get no SIGNAL whatsoever at home).

I only got Marshmallow on the Nexus about 2 weeks ago - and was enjoying using it - but when I saw Maru OS I switched back to Lollipop Maru OS. It was a bit of a headache trying to get Google Play running (contrary to what the original post said - my build of Maru OS did not have Google Play - so I had to adb and install OpenGAPPS - just to get the play store - keeping Google Play in the build is a must have for me).

Anyway - I'm really REALLY happy with MaruOS, now that I've got Google Play running on it - and - to sweeten the deal? The hideously woeful battery life I was experiencing under Lollipop (cyanogen build) and Marshmallow has gone with MaruOS Lollipop! I can go a full day without charging!

Just got the XFCE desktop running this morning and I'm impressed! I'd pay for this functionality!

XFCE performance is nice and snappy, and Compiz effects are on by default (terminal transparency is a must have for me).

I may just have to hunt around for another cheapish Nexus 5 so I've got a spare....
[Nexus 5 General] SirHanz33:
Maru OS on Nexus 5

Hey everyone. I have been running maru on my nexus 5 for a little over a week now with no problems whatsoever. I received the cable to plug it to my monitor a few days ago and when I plugged in it started Maru almost instantly. Today I received the Bluetooth keyboard mouse combo to actually use it. After some time I am a little frustrated though also extremely impressed. It is pretty basic and ships with ice weasel web browser, the libre office suite and an xfce desktop that I have not been able to change resolution on. That may be my monitor though as it is stubborn with outputting maximum resolution. I found to install iceweasel plugins to enable video playback via YouTube. I was unable to find a version of chrome to run in the Maru desktop environment. With the video working I ran into a problem with the audio. There doesn't seem to be any. I attempted to install pulseaudio plugins, then the vlc plugins. Discovered it had xfce4-mixer installed. When I try to open that it errors it can not find any gstreamer audio components. Its late now so I will try again after some sleep. Just wanted to post here to inform everyone of the progress and also first impressions. Also the superuser su root password is "maru".
[Nexus 5 General] goldenone95:
Is there any instruction to port a rom - maru os - to any phone - for me n9005? :)
[Nexus 5 General] jasperjodler:
Applications Menu -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Layout -> Remove "Use System Defaults" -> + Add -> French -> Delete English -> Close

greets, jj
[Nexus 5 General] Keogh_Bailey0409:
I to would love to see a port for the Note 3 N9005
[Nexus 5 General] santi1993:
Can i adapt this feature to a CAF cm13 in anyway?

Sent from my fx-82MS with CM-CAF
[Nexus 5 General] CompilerCode:
Hi, did you try with the latest version? Any support for running the desktop version through Chromecast. Please reply. And also please share which brand of slimport is working with reasonable price.
[Nexus 5 General] silent_bob52637:
I'm currently unable to test my nexus5 got shattered so I'm using a redmi 1s for now

I have a slimport dock off of amazon cost £35 can't find the link ATM

Will find it once I'm done painting this wall

Edit:

OK can't find the dock I have but its almost the same as this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Official-SlimPort-Console-wireless-control-Red/dp/B015DK0KX8

Mine can't do 4k